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DON’T JUSTIFY LIES
Judy tells Du30 soldiers’ kin not NPAs
were addt’l recipients of 4Ps fund
MANILA – As her fellow progressive soldiers slain by Abu Sayyaf terrorists of martial law declaration in Mindanao.
leader at the Department of Agrarian government support that included their “Kaso lang, baka ‘yong pera, sabi Philstar file photos of former DSWD chief
Reform (DAR) is expected to face automatic enrollment in 4Ps. Judy Taguiwalo and President Rodrigo Duterte
rough sailing before the Commission nga ng…baka naibili ng mga bala o
on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday, “I have done my best as a member armas because of the pronouncement the DAR chief’s confirmation. in Hacienda Luisita.
former Department of Social Welfare of the President’s Cabinet and his of Sison that they are expanding, that “He is also one of the stockowners of
and Development (DSWD) chief Judy government and served the people with they are recruiting,” Duterte said. “This is not surprising…as the
Taguiwalo appealed to President humility and full transparency. The CAT and like the rest of the above are
Rodrigo Duterte not to justify the lies least I asked of him is to not legitimize Taguiwalo said on Tuesday that Cojuangcos-Aquinos-Lorenzos are all alleged brokers of the aryendo or
being spread about her. baseless accusations against me,” said “had the President’s allies questioned leasehold system to dummy financiers
Taguiwalo. me regarding this issue during the hacenderos and plantation owners. of the Cojuangcos-Aquinos-Lorenzos,”
Taguiwalo, whose appointment was CA hearings or even during the the groups said.
rejected by the CA earlier this month, 4Ps fund used to buy bullets, congressional deliberations on the As such they are against any genuine
said there was no truth to the “reports” guns for NPA rebels? During a press 2018 budget I would have given them “This includes Agrikulto Inc. whose
being peddled by Duterte that she had conference in San Fernando, Pampanga answers that are easily verifiable.” agrarian reform, which Ka Paeng main function is to engage in sugarcane
channeled the DSWD’s conditional cash on Monday, Duterte said Taguiwalo was farming on leased agricultural lands to
transfer fund or the allocation for the being “suspected” of giving the “bulk of Mariano expected to face tough advocates,” said UMA Secretary ensure and increase the cane supply to
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program the money” from 4Ps “to the NPA.” CA hearing. Meanwhile, Taguiwalo’s be milled by the parent company CAT,”
(4Ps) to the communist New People’s comrade, DAR chief Rafael Mariano, General John Milton Lozada. said UMA and AMBALA.
Army (NPA). The chief executive said one is expected to face a tough hearing by
possible basis for the suspicion was his the CA on Wednesday as 10 oppositions The Lorenzos, who own Lapanday They said Agrikulto Inc. “is the
The former DSWD chief said that “guidance” to Taguiwalo not to be too had been filed against the leftist leader’s principal employer together with
when she started working at the agency, strict in giving aid to poor families. confirmation. Foods Corp. in Mindanao, are the CAT of the almost 900 sacadas from
she declared that the 4Ps “would not Mindanao who were trafficked to
be expanding” and thus there was no “Pagka pagkain, huwag mo nang As listed in the CA’s notice of majority owners now of the Central work in Hacienda Luisita and in other
way to re-channel or give the fund to pigilan ‘yan. Kung ang pera na binibigay meeting, the oppositions were filed by sugar cane areas in Central and even
other beneficiaries because the list of ni Taguiwalo, para na rin sa mga the following: Azucarera de Tarlac (CAT). They also Northern Luzon.”
recipients “was already in place when I mahirap, may mga hirap na NPA, may
became secretary.” mga gutom rin na hindi NPA, mas • Noel A. Mallari and others own two subsidiaries of CAT, namely CA rejection of Mariano means
marami kaysa NPA, sabi ko, ‘Okay lang • Manuel O. Gallego Jr. Duterte gov’t siding with oligarchs.
“This means that the 4.4 million ako,’” said Duterte. • Ricardo V. Quintos Luisita Land Corp. (LLC) and Agrikulto
beneficiary-households of the program • Rodel Mesa and Angelito Bais
will not increase. These members are [If it’s food, don’t stop it. If the • Roberto Nidera and others Inc.
from the Listahanan of DSWD based on money being given by Taguiwalo is for • Brgy. Sta. Catalina in Tarlac City, Opposers to Mariano’s confirmation
a nation-wide assessment of the poor,” the poor and there are poor NPAs and Tarlac
Taguiwalo said in a statement issued there are also hungry people who are • Brgy. Asturias in Tarlac City, Tarlac ‘minions’ of Cojuangcos, Aquinos,
Tuesday, August 29. not NPAs and they are more than the • Brgy. Motrico in La Paz, Tarlac
NPAs, I said, ‘It’s okay with me.’”] • Edgar V. Aguas Lorenzos? UMA and AMBALA
She said that if there had been • Manolito B. Dagatan and Hernani
any additional members, “they are The chief executive said there were P. Geronimo alleged that those opposing Mariano’s
the families of soldiers killed in action also suspicions that the DSWD fund On Tuesday, two organizations
or those who have been wounded in might have been used to buy bullets supporting Mariano — the Unyon ng confirmation such as Bais, Mallari,
action who have children aged 0 to 18.” and guns for the communist rebels, mgaManggagawasaAgrikultura(UMA)
especially with the announcement of and the Alyansa ng Manggagawang Nidera, Aguas, and the barangay
“This is in compliance with the Communist Party of the Philippines Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (AMBALA) —
President’s order”, Taguiwalo said. founder Jose Maria Sison to intensity alleged that the “Cojuangcos-Aquinos- councils of Sta. Catalina, Asturias, and
attacks against government forces Lorenzos are behind moves to oppose”
Last year, Duterte assured families of following the President’s May 23 Motrico “are from Hacienda Luisita and Meanwhile, Dagatan and Geronimo,
the minions of the Cojuangcos-Aquinos- allegedly both officials of Lapanday
Some 70 Marawi dead remain unclaimed Lorenzos.” Foods Corp., “had defied” Mariano’s
“All of them like their landlord/ decisions to install the MARBAI
oligarch patrons are against the (Madaum Agrarian Reform
ISLAMIC City Of Marawi – One decisions of Sec. Mariano…to junk Beneficiaries Association Inc.) farmers
fatality in the ongoing siege of Marawi
is an apparent deserter of the terrorist At funeral parlor morgue, Tarlac Development Corporation to their landholdings in in Barangay
Maute Group, found sprawled on a examiners process remains of
side street with a handwritten farewell fatalities in the Marawi armed (TADECO)s’ appeal to exempt 358 Madaum, Tagum City allegedly being
note asking for understanding from conflict, many of which have
his former comrades, and his remains remained unclaimed. hectares from land reform and the held by LFC, according to the groups.
count among the seventy-some bodies
that have remained unclaimed. shot in the head. Authorities believe revocation of the conversion order of “LFC only relented when President
some of these were among hostages of
At Capin Funeral Homes in Tubod, the terrorists or victims used as human Luisita Realty Corp. (now LLC), Luisita Duterte himself showed his support to
Iligan City, News5 learned that some shields.
of the unclaimed bodies were apparent Park Inc. (LIPCO) and RCBC for failure the MARBAI farmers and to the latter’s
victims of summary executions. Some Many of these remains are already
have not been identified and nobody to develop the lands covered by the determined and concerted efforts to
had come to identify them.
conversion order within 5 years from occupy and cultivate their lands,” the
According to Dr. Christian Caballes,
chief of the Philippine National Police the date of the said order,” the grouops groups said.
(PNP) Region 10 command autopsy
team, there are bodies that bore said. “It would be wise then for the
wounds from gunshots fired from
close range, indicating execution style They claimed that Nidera and Commission on Appointments to take
killing.
the barangay council of Sta. Catalina notice of these facts in their decision
Among these were the remains of a
five-year old girl, as well as other girls “were involved in the violent ejection whether to confirm Ka Paeng as DAR
of farmers who had been tilling 104 secretary on August 30 or not,” said
hectares of land since 2005 and is part UMA and AMBALA.
of the TADECO lands which Ka Paeng The rejection of Ka Paeng as DAR
recently ruled in favor of the peasants.” secretary would only show that the
Also, according to the groups, present Duterte government is no
Aguas, who is also the barangay captain different (from) hacenderos and
in advanced stages of decomposition. of Central, was allegedly a recipient oligarchs like the Cojuangcos-Aquinos-
Families in search of missing persons in
this armed conflict may inquire at the of P3.5 million in DAP (Disbursement Lorenzos of Hacienda Luisita and
PNP Crime Laboratory in Iligan City. n
Acceleration Program) funds from Lapanday Foods Corp.,” they added. n
Kaye Imson, News5 | August 30, 2017, 12:13 AM
the Aquino administration for a small InterAksyon with Patricia Aquino | August 29, 2017,
multi-purpose hall in Barangay Central 4:47 PM
